I purchased 2 different brands of bras from Great Offer Stock to compare comfort and the ability to minimize. I wear a 40DD and need support as well. The Bali won hands down for both comfort and minimizing my size. Also, the under wiring does not cut into the side of my body nor the front of it. The sturdiness of the stitching has kept the wires from popping thru the seams at the top of the cups in the front. It is difficult to find all of these features in a seamless minimizer!The cost on Great Offer Stock was less than it would be at a major department store.( I do not use a dryer when I was my bras; I hang them to dry so they will last longer and not shrink.) My Bali has gotten softer with each wash but has not gotten smaller. Definitely a win-win-win-win purchase for me!